Besides the well-known landmark models for the hyperelastic response of rubberlike
materials, many new hyperelastic constitutive models have emerged over the last decade …

Most of the technological applications that shape the development of our society and
lifestyle are based on polymers. Whether we are talking about the automotive and aviation …

The supreme mechanical performance of natural rubber (NR) is commonly attributed to
strain-induced crystallization (SIC). The SIC of NR during uniaxial stretch has been …

The stretch-induced structural evolution mechanism is a long-standing scientific question in
the post-stretching processing of polymer films. X-ray scattering, especially a combination of …

Drying and imidization of PMDA–ODA solutions in NMP were investigated by a novel
custom designed measurement system that tracks real time weight, thickness, surface …

Mg alloys usually deform under complex biaxial compressive stress states (eg during
drawing, forging and extrusion). In order to better understand how the biaxial compressive …

Tuning 3D refractive indices of polymers is urgently needed for optical films, but it is quite
challenging. Here, we proposed a simple constrained uniaxial stretch method that …

In this paper, two kinds of micro-tensile test systems for in-situ Electron Back-Scattered
Diffraction (EBSD) are developed to explore the difference in microstructure evolution of …

The relaxation behavior of simultaneously and sequentially biaxially stretched PET films was
studied at the rubbery state stretching temperatures. The primary objective was to …

A customized micro-injection molding apparatus with a pair of diamond windows in the filling
cavity was specifically designed to simulate the extreme processing conditions inherent in …